[2] The coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod is an image of a deer on the French heraldic shield framed with the ribbon of the Order of Lenin.

Symbolic color values: The history of the emblem of the coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod is controversial.

In the decree of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich on the production of the stamp of arms from 1666 it was written: "The seal of the Nizhny Novgorod, on it the elk is coming".

Vladimir Gilyarovsky wrote that barge haulers, for whom the Nizhny Novgorod coat of arms was a symbol of rest and fun, called him "a cheerful goat".

Most often, a white or gold running deer was depicted on a red background - a symbol of the Soviet Union.

The shield was surrounded by golden oak leaves, girded with a ribbon of flowers of the national flag of Russia.